Jonas Gibson

Jonas Gibson (5 May 1790-12 June 1821) was an American plantation owner who was killed in Ammiras Cromey's 1821 slave uprising.

Biography
Jonas Gibson was born on 5 May 1790 in Eastville, North Carolina, and he was the owner of the local tobacco plantation. Gibson inherited his father's land, which was worked by several African slaves, including Ammiras Cromey and Jothan Semple. Gibson was cruel to his slaves, and he forbade them from practicing religion, as he believed that they were not worthy of being deemed Christians. In 1821, Ammiras Cromey and several slaves on the plantation finally decided to rise up against Gibson's tyranny, and they murdered his overseer Eli Power on 10 June 1821 with a pickaxe. Gibson threatened to kill a slave every day until the killer was caught, so Cromey and the other slaves overran the plantation, knocking Gibson unconscious before impaling him with two pikes and crucifying him.